Historical Events In March - 13

1855  On this day in history percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)  

1858  Maximilien Luce, French painter on this day in history.  

1859  On March - 13 john Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia.  

1859  On March - 13 ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)  

1860  The birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer on this day in history.  

1861  On March - 13 jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers  

1862  Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer on this day in history.  

1865  US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service on this day in history.  

1865  On March - 13 jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers  

1868  Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on this day in history.  

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1868  On this day in history senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial  

1869  Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law on March - 13.  

1872  On March - 13 oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist  

1875  On March - 13 maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)  

1878  On this day in history oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match  

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on March - 13.  

1879  On this day in history adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60  

1881  On this day in history in Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government  

1881  On this day in history balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer  

1881  On this day in history alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62  

1883  On this day in history enrico Toselli, composer  

1884  Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on March - 13.  

1884  The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on March - 13.  

1884  On this day in history uS adopts Standard Time  

1884  Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit) on this day in history.  

1885  On March - 13 in Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional  

1886  Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist on March - 13.  

1887  On March - 13 chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs  

1887  On this day in history carlos Isamitt, composer  

1888  On March - 13 great Blizzard of 1888 rages  

1890  On this day in history michael Taube, composer  

1890  Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67 on March - 13.  

1892  Alec Rowley, composer on this day in history.  

1894  On this day in history j L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate  

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1372  Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407) was born on March - 13.  

1548  Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole was born on this day in history.  

1599  Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint was born on this day in history.  

1615  On March - 13 birth of innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)  

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on this day in history.  

1696  On this day in history birth of louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal  

1700  On March - 13 birth of james Kent, composer  

1700  On this day in history birth of michel Blavet, composer  

1202  Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies on this day in history.  

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on March - 13.  

1395  On March - 13 death of john Barbour, Scottish poet  

1516  Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.  

1569  On this day in history lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies  

1573  On March - 13 death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman  

1604  On March - 13 death of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)